Mick Mulvaney
Adrian Polansky, a farmer and former executive director of the USDA’s Farm Service Agency office in Kansas during the Obama administration, stops for a photo while touring his seed processing plant near Belleville, Kan., Friday, March 5, 2021. More than a year after two U.S. Department of Agriculture research agencies were moved from the nation’s capital to Kansas City, they remain critically understaffed and some farmers are less confident in the work they produce. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
USDA relocations curtail ag research, farmer confidence

By Roxana Hegeman Mar. 06, 2021 10:12 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden speaks Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Biden eyes Washington veterans for key administration posts

By Alexandra Jaffe And Will Weissert Nov. 09, 2020 12:48 AM EST

President Donald Trump participates in a round of golf at the Trump National Golf Course on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Trump defied gravity; now falls back to earth, future TBD

By Jill Colvin And Zeke Miller Nov. 07, 2020 11:57 AM EST

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina makes his victory speech after winning another term in office on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
6 incumbents, including Wilson, win US House races in SC

By Jeffrey Collins Nov. 03, 2020 12:59 AM EST

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, April 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Signs missed and steps slowed in Trump's pandemic response

By Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin And Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Apr. 12, 2020 07:55 AM EDT